macOS How do I allow only administrators to access certain parts of an app?

[moonman239]

Let's say I have a user-controlling app, and I want only users who are administrators to be allowed to change the settings. How would I accomplish this?

 

[chown33]

What language is it coded in?

 

[762999]

Let's say I have a user-controlling app, and I want only users who are administrators to be allowed to change the settings. How would I accomplish this?

in C (should be compatible with objectiveC) you can call getuid()

int user;
user = getuid();
if (user == 0)
{
//code to be executed as root
}
else
{
cout << "root privleges needed";
}

you can try your app from the terminal window..

- launch your app with the current user
- launch your app via sudo: sudo /path/myapplication